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Stater
| Issuer | Teos |
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| Year | 540 BC - 478 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (540 BC - 478 BC) |
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Teos, the Ionian Greek city on the Aegean coast of Anatolia, began striking silver coinage during a period of acute political instability — first under Lydian domination, then under Persian rule following Cyrus's conquest of 546 BC. The city's famous response to Persian pressure came around 540 BC, when a significant portion of the population abandoned Teos entirely and emigrated to Abdera in Thrace rather than submit to Persian taxation. Coinage struck in this window thus spans both the mass emigration and the eventual Teian return, making precise attribution within the series genuinely difficult.
Balcer's die study remains the primary reference for sequencing these issues chronologically.